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Mark McGhee, Millwall boss, said after the game: "I thought it was a good game that we could have won but we didn't. We carried on from where we left off after a good performance on Saturday. That is progress for me. I’m satisfied that we gave a good account of ourselves but I am disappointed that we didn’t win.
"Kevin Davies did really well and he allowed us to play the way we like to play. We have always had someone like him, a Richard Saqdlier or Paul Moody, and his goal will help not just him but the whole team.
"We now have a home game and if we can win that it will be four points from two games and we can go on from there. Both goalkeepers made some very good saves and Paul Ifill was outstanding."
Stan accepted that the Clarets were somewhat fortunate to collect a point and admitted to being somewhat relieved. He was also not particularly happy with the poor atmosphere at the ground clearly created by the away fans ban.
"I thought we were by our standards a million miles off the pace. We were lacklustre for some reason tonight but the good thing was we got a point. I’m thankful for it because we didn’t play well tonight. We were nowhere near what I expect from the lads and one or two players are nowhere near the standards they set themselves, although that sometimes happens. We have to play but better than that.
"Both keepers were in fine form and made some fantastic saves. One from Marlon was world class. But it was a strange atmosphere, it was quite quiet and I don't know if the lack of away fans made a difference.
"The fans have been fantastic this season but it is our duty to give them something to shout about. They got a break with their first goal but I am relieved that we ended up getting a point."
On his strikers Stan added, "The equaliser was a well worked goal, Ian Moore was good and kept his cool. I’m pleased for him because it is his first goal of the season and it came after a nice bit of passing.
"Dimitri did very well and he’s a real livewire and I thought Gareth led the line very well but we had no service in the second half. We’ll get it right through hard work, commitment and endeavour and we’ll go to Bradford on Saturday and see what happens."
And finally on Arthur’s latest antics following the last goal,
"He has to be more professional and he has to grow up. I can't have him running up to other people's dug-outs and gesticulating like that.
"I would apologise to Mark McGhee and all of his people in the dug-out because that is bang out of order.
"He was totally unprofessional and it was behaviour unbecoming of anyone who plays for Burnley Football Club. I will deal with the matter internally."
Burnley’s double delight
Peter Gardner (Daily Telegraph)
Burnley found inspiration from a double second-half substitution that enabled them to extend their unbeaten run to five games at Turf Moor last night.
The home manager Stan Ternent threw caution to the wind by doubling his strike force to four when introducing Ian Moore and Robbie Blake in the 65th minute of a compelling encounter in which Millwall appeared to be on course to secure their first away victory of the season.
Twenty minutes later, Blake set up Moore for the equaliser to wipe out the lead Kevin Davies had given the visitors in the second-half of a splendid match.
While Millwall posed the early questions, Burnley, seemingly recovered from early season traumas following three successive victories in eight days last week, responded with greater menace to secure a 17th minute lead in their first attack.
Davies, on loan from Southampton, shot over from 18 yards, Paul Ifill had an attempt blocked by Arthur Gnohere and Christophe Kinet drove into the side netting with barely 10 minutes having elapsed.
When Burnley hit back Dimi Papadopoulos, their lively Greek Under-21 international captain, was brought down by Stuart Nethercott on the left and Dean West despatched the 17th minute penalty purposefully.
Papadopoulos had a drive deflected but the visitors finally found a finishing touch on 31 minutes. A stunning 25-yard drive from Matt Lawrence was blocked by Tony Grant, the ball ricocheted back to David Livermore and his shot found the net.
Davies, a former Blackburn striker and thus jeered by home fans every time he was in possession, wretchedly shot wide from 12 yards, Gareth Taylor was equally profligate from 12 yards when shooting straight at Tony Warner who ended the half with two stunning saves that denied first Papadopoulos and then Blunt.
On the resumption, Marlon Beresford, the home goalkeeper, saved from Ifill at the second attempt, Grant missed an opportunity for Burnley, while Ifill then set up Kinet whose drive was pushed onto the bar.
However, the home crowd were stunned when Davies put Millwall ahead, finishing from 10 yards when set up by Steve Claridge on the left. But Burnley then introduced Blake and Moore and provided the 85th-minute equaliser.